Anonymous Call Reject

Michael R N Dolbear

MB <MB@nospam.com> wrote
> from DayDragon <no@way.com> contains these words:
[...]
> > If you are using a phone that knows the number calling then you
have CLI
> > ID surely? So if it pops up no number or withheld you'd know it was
> > anonymous?

> Just the act of going to the phone to check who is calling can be
very
> irritating when it is a withheld junk caller.

Carry your DECT phone on your belt ?

There are or have been phones that give different ringtones depending
on the calling number given by CLID, do any of these allow
'Unavailable' and 'Withheld' as numbers ?

Plus the ringtone should be selectable as 'silence' of course.

ACR (and CTR) isn't any use to me, half my junk calls are "unavailable'
(and one non-junk from my bank). The above scheme would be nice to
have.

--
Mike D

Ivor Jones

"MB" <MB@nospam.com> wrote in message
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[snip]

> I have seen this argument previously. I used to be on 24
> hour call every second or third week, if the phone rang
> then I had to answer it or at least check to see who was
> calling. I paid BT's exhorbiatant charge for ACR so at
> least I did not get many calls with no number displayed
> (you still get some because the junk callers are
> devious).

I'm on call every so often. I have a dedicated mobile for the job, the
number is known to no-one but those in the company that need to call me,
and certain police officers (as I work with them on occasion).

I could set up the mobile to only ring for known numbers, but the problem
is police switchboards always withhold. I *have* to answer it in case it
*is* them, but fortunately I've never yet had a junk call on that number
(which *is* TPS registered).

Ivor

NoNeedToKnow

On 13 Jan 2007, "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:

>I'm on call every so often. I have a dedicated mobile for the job, the
>number is known to no-one but those in the company that need to call me,
>and certain police officers (as I work with them on occasion).
>
>I could set up the mobile to only ring for known numbers, but the problem
>is police switchboards always withhold. I *have* to answer it in case it
>*is* them, but fortunately I've never yet had a junk call on that number
>(which *is* TPS registered).

If it is a mobile dedicated for that use only, then it can be left switched
off the rest of the time. I don't see it as being a problem if the number
is only known to a restricted number of people, and should be called only
at times when you are on call. I've no hesitation switching my mobiles
off for hours and days when no legitimate calls could be made to them.

MB

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from "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> contains these words:

> "MB" <MB@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> [snip]

> > I have seen this argument previously. I used to be on 24
> > hour call every second or third week, if the phone rang
> > then I had to answer it or at least check to see who was
> > calling. I paid BT's exhorbiatant charge for ACR so at
> > least I did not get many calls with no number displayed
> > (you still get some because the junk callers are
> > devious).

> I'm on call every so often. I have a dedicated mobile for the job, the
> number is known to no-one but those in the company that need to call me,
> and certain police officers (as I work with them on occasion).

> I could set up the mobile to only ring for known numbers, but the problem
> is police switchboards always withhold. I *have* to answer it in case it
> *is* them, but fortunately I've never yet had a junk call on that number
> (which *is* TPS registered).

> Ivor



I used to use the pager as main method of contact as not many people
would use it. We only had one company mobile each and they gave the
number out to every Tom, **** and Harry so it was always switched off
the moment I finished each day.

MB

Ivor Jones

"MB" <MB@nospam.com> wrote in message
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[snip]

> I used to use the pager as main method of contact as not
> many people would use it. We only had one company mobile
> each and they gave the number out to every Tom, **** and
> Harry so it was always switched off the moment I finished
> each day.

A pager would be ideal, but you can't seem to get them nowadays. Do the
networks still exist..?

Ivor

ale.cx

Ivor Jones wrote:

> A pager would be ideal, but you can't seem to get them nowadays. Do the
> networks still exist..?

PageOne and Vodafone still do pagers. TBH you might find a PAYG mobile
more economical.

alexd

Anan 7

NoNeedToKnow wrote:

> someone queried the cost, compared with the other services, and Ofcom (or
> Oftel, I forget) said it was in line with cost. It seems odd, but there
> might have been a significant fee to pay for the software changes, many
> years after System X was first developed.

But NTL cable don't charge for it and they are on System X (in this
area anyway).

Ivor Jones

"ale.cx" <troffasky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones wrote:
>
> > A pager would be ideal, but you can't seem to get them
> > nowadays. Do the networks still exist..?
>
> PageOne and Vodafone still do pagers. TBH you might find
> a PAYG mobile more economical.

That's what I'm using. The problem is that calls from the police are
always number withheld, so I can't not answer on no number presented, just
in case. A pager would get round that as they'd have to leave a number to
return the call, most of which I would recognise.

Ivor

Olycom

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:37:40 +0000 (UTC), Joe Soap wrote:

>ACR is a thing I would like to have, but BT charge £3/month.
>
>Anybody know of a PC Voicemail package that implements this?

I have an old Olycom HCC-2000 combined phone/answerfone/fax. Apart
from the usual CLI facility, it has a built-in feature to reject
withheld calls. It's getting a bit old now (software only supports
windows 3.1) but it's still ace as far as rejecting anonymous callers.
The feature seems to be so simple to build into a handset that I'm
staggered no manufacturer seems to offer this now. If nothing else, it
saves a fortune on having to pay the ACR subscription!

MB

The message <50v44bF1h7va3U1@mid.individual.net>
from "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> contains these words:

> "ale.cx" <troffasky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1168786477.319225.56800@m58g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com
> > Ivor Jones wrote:
> >
> > > A pager would be ideal, but you can't seem to get them
> > > nowadays. Do the networks still exist..?
> >
> > PageOne and Vodafone still do pagers. TBH you might find
> > a PAYG mobile more economical.

> That's what I'm using. The problem is that calls from the police are
> always number withheld, so I can't not answer on no number presented, just
> in case. A pager would get round that as they'd have to leave a number to
> return the call, most of which I would recognise.

> Ivor


I had calls from various places when I used ACR who you read can't
contact people because of it, mostly they just a mobile phone.


MB